Tips on how to deal with mold & mildew

[Carey]

We were in Australia last spring, where there is a large movement to upgrade to LEDs, and bypass the CFL's that this country is embracing (interestingly, both are mainly made in China, & LED's have far less emissions not only in disposal, but also in production & take less energy to manufacture & to run...)
The LED's we saw in Australia are in various formats, with many screw in, multi lamp bulb styles, some even having an array of LED's with multi color LEDs interspersed to give more 'natural' color light. In Australia they were priced a little less than comparable CFL's, and we were wanting to pick some up, along with some gorgeous modern styled lighting fixtures, then realized they are on the European 240V system & the lamps would not get the umpf they need here....Hubby thought about wiring the lighting on 240 just to get these lamps...)
Although I was almost sure that you did not mean for some one to intentionally break lamps to release mercury, some forum reader may think that it would be a good idea (there is no accounting.... people do odd things...)
Last winter the county did have an extra hazardous waste pick up days to deal with all of the broken TV's & such after the October earthquake. We have some fluorescent lamp tubes at the house (hoping to replace all/most lamps with LED) & have them in the shatter tubes to at least semi contain them waste if they break (Hubby had fun years ago at a very OSHA 'safe' company when a desk bridge Fluorescent lamp broke over his desk.....days of paperwork for that cleanup!)

[Les C]

At the last hazardous waste day at the Hilo dump, they took our spent fluorescent tubes. Whether or not they disposed of them properly, I can't say. But I believe they are on the list of items they take. Sorry, I guess I'm helping this thread is wander off mold and mildew.

Does anyone know if Zinsser (Zinnser?) is a safe, non-toxic anti-mildew product? Or does is come with a lot of usage warnings? What about Kilz? Is it just a good primer to cover up mildew stains, or does it have a mildewcide?

[gtill]

Google "zinsser PermaWhite", it passed all fed acceptance standards for human health Eco standards and disposal, ok for dwellings.
Yes i have used a lot of it and it is holding up well and so far no signs in places that were previous problems. It's the best since they took out the mercury, and is really non toxic.
Their webpage gives a complete description and MSDS. Tints to any color, works like any good paint.


No, and if you only have a small spot, hit it with a spray can enamel any color. Let dry overnight, prime the enamel with latex zinsser, it'l stick and cover the stain. now paint the whole ceiling as you'l never match it unless under a year old and the same paint. If the stain is mold or mildew, use the perma white.